Symantec Internet Security Threat Report - Computer Definition

In February 2003, the
Symantec Internet Security Threat Report said that during the second part of 2002,
the highest rates for computer exploits targeted critical
infrastructure industry companies, such as energy, financial services,
and power, a finding that helped escalate the fears of an imminent cyber Apocalypse.

The findings of
the more recent report for the period between July 1, 2005, and December 31,
2005, indicate that the threat landscape is now dominated by attacks and
malicious code that are used to commit cybercrime. Attackers have moved away
from large, multipurpose attacks on network perimeters and have moved toward
smaller, more focused attacks on client-side targets.